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A Look at Labor Standards and Neglected Human Rights Issues

McGee, Robert W. - 2016

Various groups have been demanding that discussions of labor standards be included in all future trade negotiations … links to more than 100 papers on trade is also included …

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Market Power in International Commodity Trade : The Case of Coffee

Igami, Mitsuru - 2015

This paper studies the impact of market power on international commodity prices. I use a standard oligopoly model and exploit historical variations in the structure of the international coffee bean market to assess the impact of a cartel treaty on coffee prices and its global welfare...

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Infrastructure provision and Africa's trade and development prospects : potential role and relevance of The WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)

Niggli, Nicholas C.; Osei-Lah, Kodjo - 2014 - Manuscript date: 30 October, 2014

century. Secondly, in one area of economic activity - trade in government procurement markets - the revised WTO Agreement on … Government Procurement (GPA) is emerging as a multi-dimensional tool of trade, governance and development. The thesis of this …

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Trade openness and the growth-poverty nexus : a reappraisal with a new openness indicator

Wannaphong Durongkaveroj - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 41 (2024) 2, pp. 7-29

transformation. The standard trade theory postulates that trade openness contributes to poverty alleviation directly by changing … the trade-to-grossdomestic-product ratio to measure openness often fail to ﬁnd a direct eﬀect of openness on poverty over … eﬀectiveness of the factor proportion channel may be due to limitations of the commonly used measure of trade openness: the trade …

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The Global War on Terror and U'S' Development Assistance : Usaid Allocation By Country, 1998-2005

Moss, Todd J.; Standley, Scott; Roodman, David - 2007

The launch of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) soon after September 11, 2001 has been predicted to fundamentally alter U.S. foreign aid programs. In particular, there is a common expectation that development assistance will be used to support strategic allies in the GWOT, perhaps at the expense...

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The Logic of Border Fortification in the Global South

Blair, Christopher W. - 2022

Policymakers often justify border hardening as a response to insecurity. However, evidence for security-based explanations of border fortification is limited. Instead, research points to political economy drivers like cross-border income inequality, migration, and populism. I argue that these...

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Oppressive governments, US closeness, and anti-US terrorism : conference paper

Gries, Thomas; Meierrieks, Daniel; Redlin, Margarete - 2014 - (Draft version, do not cite: 2014-02-28)

Since the 9/11 attacks more attention has been given to the question why the United States is a major target for transnational terrorism. What conditions motivate these terrorist activities? Are there specific characteristics in the terrorists home countries that provide a breeding ground for...

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Thanks But No Thanks : State-Owned Multinationals From Emerging Markets and Host Country Policies

Cuervo-Cazurra, Alvaro - 2018

I study the impact of the internationalization of state-owned companies from emerging markets on host country government policy. Whereas the literature commonly recommends that host country governments design policies to attract foreign direct investment, governments instead question or block...

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UNCTAD's Roadmap for IIA Reform of Investment Dispute Settlement

Weber, Joerg - 2020

reform. As the United Nations focal point for investment and sustainable development, the United Nations Conference on Trade …

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Development paths : a case for public investment as the alternative to the Washington Consensus

Lauka, Earta - 2018

This paper's aim is to provide a different standpoint in the development debate, by focusing on the short-sightedness of the international institutions when they propose a development agenda. Focusing on macroeconomic performance and on privatisation, they have found a solution in PPPs, which...

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